Smoking pipe cleaner and holder



Dec. 6, 1955 G. w. COLBY 2,725,884

SMOKING PIPE CLEANER AND HOLDER Filed March 29, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. 51-7265 14/. (015V BY ATTUZ/VEYS Dec. 6, 1955 5, w, COLBY 2,725,884

SMOKING PIPE CLEANER AND HOLDER Filed March 29, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 VIIIIII INVENTOR. 650865 M COZfiY BY ATTOEA/E Y8 1-6, there is shown United States Patent Ofifice 2,725,884 Patented Dec. 6, 1 955 means for depositing a pipe and its ashes after a smoker is through with the pipe.

One object of the invention is to provide a container to catch and contain pipe residue, with a means for emptying the container.

A further object is to provide means to hold the pipe firmly until it is to be used again, and without scratching the surface of the pipe.

A further object is to provide means for removing the residue from the inside of the pipe bowl, without attention or effort on the part ofthe user.

A further object is to do the cleaning by means of the movement of the object to which the device is attached, as, for example, the dash of an automobile.

A further object is to accommodate as many types and sizes of pipes, as is possible.

Further objects, purposes, and characteristic features will appear, as the description progresses, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, showing, by way of example, and in no way, in a limiting sense, two forms which the invention can assume.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a device in accordance with this invention, as mounted on the dash board of an automobile;

Figure 2 is a sectional view, on line 2--2 of Figure l, and viewed in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 is a sectional view, on line 3-3 of Figure 2, and viewed in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is a sectional view, on line L 4 of Figure 3, and viewed in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 5 is a large scale, fragmentary elevational view of the device;

Figure 6 is a sectional view, on line 66 of Figure 2, and viewed in the direction of the arrows; and

Figure 7 is a side elevation of a modified form of the device, wherein the device rests on a table top.

Referring now to the drawings, and first to Figures 2. lead pendulum bob 8, attached to the lower end 9, of a wire shaft 10. At the upper end of the pendulum shaft, is carried a cleaning element comprising four steel fins 11, having a thin cross section, and positioned at right angles to each other.

At a point below the cleaning element, a pivot washer 12, and retaining washer 13, are provided to mount the pendulum assembly in a mounting plate 14, which has its center bulged upwardly and circularly, at 15, and is pierced to receive shaft 10. Pivot washer 12 thus rests on a circular line bearing on plate 1, so that the pendulum assembly can freely rotate, and swing, in any horizontal direction.

Mounting plate 14, is hung on four coil springs 16, anchored to a container top 17, as at 18. The domed mounting plate 1 4 sleeved on the pendulum shaft 10, the pivot washer 12 fixed on the pendulum shaft and bearing on top of the domed portion of the plate 14 and the coil spring 16 anchored to the container top 17 and to the mounting plate 14 constitute a universal movement support pivot mounting the pendulum shaft at a point below the cleaning head and permitting the pendulum shaft to move in three directions at right angles to each other. 7

Top 17 provided with an aperture 17' fits on a container 19, in which the lower part of the pendulum assembly is received, the cleaning element projecting up through the top, to the outside.

Fastened to top 17, is a pipe clip 20, in the form of a curved steel spring, and is covered with rubber sleeves 21, to protect the finish on the pipe.

Also in top 17, is a sponge rubber ring 22 which extends about the aperture 17 in the top 17 and receives the open end of the bowl of a pipe 23. Attached firmly to top 17, is a bracket 24, and this bracket, in turn, is connected to a bracket 25, by means of a clamp screw 26 and a spacing sleeve 27, so that, when adjusted to the proper angle, 28 of an automobile, it can be locked, by lock nut 29. Suction cups 30, are provided on bracket 25, to hold the entire assembly, to the dash 28.

Thus, when pipe 23 is inserted into the cleaner, it is gripped, on the stem by clip 20, and by the ring 22, which presses downwardly and conforms to the contour of the pipe bowl. The cleaning fins 11, are forced downward by the residue in the pipe bowl, thus putting an erratic path, it way upward, and from side to side, through the residue, until it comes to rest on the inside bottom of the pipe bowl.

The residue falls, at 30, to the bottom of container 19, which can readily be removed from its top, 17, and emptied.

In Figure 7 is shown a slightly modified form of the invention. Here, the container 19a, is mounted on a base 31, with feet 32, and rests on a table top 33. In this case the energy for cleaning, is supplied by shaking container 19a, or otherwise moving pendulum 8, by hand.

The above rather specific description, of two forms which the invention can assume, has been given by way of example, and not, in any manner, whatsoever, in a limiting sense.

All modifications, alterations, and adaptations, such as fall within the scope of the appended claims, are intended to be covered by this disclosure.

What is claimed is:

l. A cleaner and holder for smoking pipes, compn'sing, in combination, a pendulum shaft, a pendulum bob fixed to the lower end of the shaft, a pipe bowl cleaning head connected to the upper end of the shaft, and a universal movement support pivot mounting the pendulum shaft at a point below the cleaning head and permitting the pendulum shaft to move in three directions at right angles to each other, an open ended container surrounding the pendulum shaft, a removable apertured top for closing the open end of the container, the cleaning head projecting up through the aperture in the top, the support pivot including a carrying plate sleeved on the shaft, a domed-up circular central portion on the plate and surrounding the shaft, a washer fixed on the shaft and bearing on the top of the domed portion, and a plurality of coil springs, each connected, at one end to the carrying plate, and at the other end, to said top, for floatingly supporting the shaft.

2. A cleaner and holder for smoking pipes, comprising, in combination, a pendulum shaft, a pendulum bob fixed to the lower end of the shaft, a pipe bowl cleaning head connected to the upper universal movement support pivot mounting the pendulum Sh'aft 'at a point tietow the Cldffifigfiiid and I J 'rmitting the pendulum shaftjto move in three directions at right angles to each other, an open ended container btl- ,-,ti.t v ,t, n t. l, t -l urrounding the: pendulum shaft, a. r ovable apertu re top for closing the openend for eqtitainer, the cleaning head projecting up. through {the ape e in;the top, a spring clip bracket on the top for gripping the stem of a smoking pipe, and a fiexiblefnon-abrasive fiflig stirrounding the aperture in the top and aagptea to embrace the open end of-the bowl of a pip el h elid in said clip and with the bowl slipped over the clejaning head.

3. A cleaner and bolder forsm lring pip es, compris ing, in combination, a "pendants; shaft ia pendulum bob fiired to the lower end of the shafflarpipe bowl cleaning h'ea'd connected to the upper endofjthe shaft, and auniversal movement support pivot the pendulum shaft at a point below the cleaning head and permitting the pendulum shaft to move in ;three directions at right angles to each other, an open ended container surrounding the pendulum shaft, a removable, apertured top for closing the open end of the .container, the cleaning head projecting up through the aperture in the top, the support pivot including a carrying plate sleeved on the shaft, 21 domed-up circular central portion on the plate and surrounding the shaft, a washer fixed on the shaft and bearing on the top ofthe domed portion, a plurality of coil springs, each connected, at one end to the carrying plate, and atth e, other end, to said top for floatingly supporting the shaft, a clip bracket on the top for gripping the stem of a smoking pipe, and a sponge rubber ring surroundingthe aperture inthe top and adapted to embrace the open end of the bowl of a pipe held in said clip and with the bowl cupped 'over the "cleaning head.

4. A cleaner and holder for smoking pipes, comprising, in combination, a pendulum shaft, a pendulum bob fixed to the lower end of the shaft, a pipe bowl cleaning head connected to the upper end of the shaft, and a universal movement support pivot mounting the pendulum shaft at a point below the cleaning head and permitting the pendulum shaft to moye in threc directions at right angles to each other, anopen ended container surrounding the pendulum shaft, a removable apertured top for closing theopenend of the container, the cleaning head projecting up through the aperture in the top, the support pivot including a carrying plate sleeved on the shaft, 21 domed-up circular central portion on the plate and surrounding the shaft, a washer fixed on the shaft and bearing on the top of the domed portion, and a plurality of coil springs, each connected, at one end to thecar'rviii'g plate, and at the other end, to said top for floatingly suppeinng the shaft, a spring clip bracket on the top for gripping the s tem of at smolging pipe, a sponge rubber ring ,surrounding the aperture in the top and adapted to embrace the held in said clip and with th' 91?? 91,14 QUhQbQWl a P p swl su ed e the cleaning h s? nd eaaqiust h e bit kefli n d to the top for connecting the cleaner to a movable support.

References Cited the file of this patent NITED STATEs PATENTS Smith Aug. 26, 1913 Shaak Mar.,5, 1929 jSu'ssman ,Apr. 23, 1935 Leibner 'Apr,. 21, 1936 Brandt July 6, 1943 

